Cthulhu
I’d selected a sheet of lokta, about 45gsm, for this model, mulberry would be too soft to fold with. After the initial precreasing and collapsing of the base, here’s how things stand:
Front and side views of base
The tedious part now follows – filling in all the details.
Halfway through
Now to narrow all the tentacles and poof out the head.
Finished model
Some thoughts on it:
The mix of short and long tentacles didn’t turn out too bad after all, and the extra layers seem to enhance the number of tentacles all around. The toes could do with some more work, as could the wings. A neck river might have helped separate the wings further from the head region, but that’s no biggie, with a bit of mushing, it can be hidden.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:26 am
You are a god!
Or should I say, “You are an Elder God!”
Very cool. I especially love the mix of long + short tentacles.
July 28th, 2007 at 6:53 am
That is amazing. Great work!
July 28th, 2007 at 11:39 am
You have done a man’s job sir!
July 28th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
IA! IA! Cthulhu!! F’Tagn!
July 28th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
f’tagn great.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Did making that require an incredible amount of skill? Because that I what someone said to me, they said “That would require an incredible amount of skill”, those exact words. So that is why I was wondering if really would take an incredible amount of skill or whether it wasn’t actually that difficult. I mean, I can’t even make a paper crane but how hard was it to make that?
July 28th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
[...] [...]
July 28th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Wow, that’s awesome. Well done!
July 28th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
We are not worthy! Tek a li li
July 28th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
who’s a chtlulu?
July 29th, 2007 at 10:53 am
awesome. why is this posted in “gaming”?
July 29th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Thanks for the comments everyone!
@Lara #1: Well, yes, it takes some skill, but it’s really just a skill acquired through a lot of practice (I’ve been at this for a few years), rather than something innate. The total amount of time it took, starting from designing it on paper, to finally photographing the finished model, was really only about 4-5 hours.
@Lara #2: Wikipedia will have the answer.
@m: I got introduced to HP Lovecraft through Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game. To my shame, I’d have to say I’ve never really read the original Lovecraft story thoroughly (I skimmed through it, that was about all).
July 29th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
It’s Dumbo!
July 29th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Dear Wolf,
Thank you for your reply to my enquiry.
Don’t worry about not having read Lovecraft’s Call of Cthulhu – I think it is a bit long and boring compared to some of his other stories. The roleplaying game is certainly excellent fun, though – not too many boring game mechanics, just crushing dread and powerlessness in the face of cosmic evil.
I thought you might also enjoy this site: http://www.nyder.com/cthulhu/cthulhucreates.html
I think your creation is definitely worthy of inclusion there.
Cordially,
The First Lara (but not the second)
July 29th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
[...] Power Word Fold » Blog Archive » Cthulhu Winged and Tentacles Cthulhu origami. (tags: boingboing origami cthulhu howto papercraft) [...]
July 30th, 2007 at 3:46 am
great work!
July 31st, 2007 at 5:35 pm
[...] Power Word Fold (blog) [...]
August 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 am
[...] Cthulhu Origami [Power Word Fold] : Thanks, Libby Bulloff! [...]
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:46 pm
[...] Cthulhu – a neat origami Cthulhu, why neat? —> [via neatorama] [...]
August 4th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Sometimes I think the most merciful thing in the world is the inability of human fingers to call into being the greatest of the Great Old Ones. We live in an origami-versions-of-Elder-Gods-free world, and it is not meant that we should fold.
This is teh ossum!
August 4th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
…things man was not meant to fold…
Raincoaster, that is priceless!
August 4th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
[...] Bloody hell. Here, several days late, is the brazilliant, step by step photodocumentation of the creation of the immortal Origami Cthulhu! [...]
August 5th, 2007 at 2:18 am
I bow in gratitude. I never thought memorizing the opening lines of Call of Cthulhu would come in handy, but it does. BTW, excellent for freaking people out at sound checks.
August 6th, 2007 at 5:00 am
Count me duly impressed!
August 8th, 2007 at 5:20 am
[...] Link (via Raincoaster) [...]
August 27th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
[...] Origami ist eigentlich überhaupt nicht mein Ding, trotzdem bewundere ich die Geduld, die die »Falter« an den Tag legen müssen. Wenn dann aber am Ende auch noch Cthulhu-Figuren als Ergebnis herauskommen, ist das plötzlich ein Origami-Beitrag wert. Selbst dann, wenn der Originaleintrag auf spinflipper.com über ein Jahr alt ist. Marc Grove Gespeichert in: Lost&Found [...]
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:24 pm
[...] >El ser más querido por H.P.Lovercraft no da tanto miedo cuando sabes que está hecho de papel
[...]
September 4th, 2007 at 6:04 am
Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fthagn! Ph’nglui mglw’nfah Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn!
September 11th, 2007 at 2:29 am
Втулку в танк!
September 11th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Ñ…ÑƒÐ¹Ð½Ñ ÐºÐ°ÐºÐ°Ñ-то
October 3rd, 2007 at 7:49 pm
кхтулху forever епт
December 12th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Ha, that’s cool. I’ve also seen some cool star wars origami somewhere online. It will probably come up in a search. I’m pretty experienced in origami but I’ve never done one of those. Maybe you can make one that is eating some smaller creature or something. Good job!
December 13th, 2007 at 5:49 am
Yes, there’s quite a bit of SW origami around.
A facehugger on a human might be kind of cool.
March 24th, 2008 at 11:19 am
[...] Originally Posted by pyan Nice, Harpo! Do you have a link to the instructions? It’s from here: Power Word Fold » Blog Archive » Cthulhu [...]
May 21st, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Рмне вот интереÑно, а Ñам автор читает комментарии к Ñтому Ñообщению. Или мы тут Ñами Ð´Ð»Ñ ÑÐµÐ±Ñ Ð¿Ð¸ÑˆÐµÐ¼?
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:26 pm
[...] man nicht alles aus Papier machen kann: Auf Power Word Fold gibt es die [...]
August 22nd, 2008 at 4:16 pm
[...] ♦ The Birth of Cthulhu ♦ Catographie Lovecraftienne ♦ Cthulhu Cake ♦ Cthulhu Origami ♦ Cthulhu Rises Through The Mist ♦ From Deviant [...]